Guitar Lesson - Voodoo - Black Sabbath. Awesome Riff of the Day & How to Play it! 

I agree 👍 Voodoo is definitely one of Tony's best riffs. He has so many great ones, but Voodoo is special.

It's ironic to me that this album, and the preceding one, "Heaven and Hell" is where Tony really began to solidify his sound and style. Some of the middle-era Ozzy albums had him all over the map, style-wise, but the albums with Dio really gave him a direction that would continue into the 90's with his Tony Martin-era albums...unfortunately, no one but the die-hards were listening then... shame, because there's a lot of stellar guitar work on Eternal Idol, Headless Cross, Tyr, and Cross Purposes...

Thanks for this KDA! Voodoo is one of my Iommi faves! Now...I rock it!

Agreed. One of Tony’s best riffs and this is best lesson I have seen on it!❤

YES! Been listening to this non stop lately and now I can learn to play it! Thanks KDA!!!

Great tutorial and well explained. The Mob Rules album is full of awesome songs. Too many RU-vid channels just cover the Ozzy era and ignore Dio except for 3 or 4 of the most popular songs. But views drive content creators. It is great to see you tackling these lost gems. Keep up the great work.

Great riff! Thanks for the tutorial, and thanks to whoever requested it! 👍

Nice job!! Some of my favorite Iomi riffs are from this era.. This one is quite special.. Love the groove. Great exercise in economy, control, and feel.. Riff lord forever, super soft touch..

Thanks one of my all time favorite riffs

Such a badass riff. Tony's sound was so frickin awesome. His guitar/amp had such a "snap" or "punch" on this song.

Great lesson for one of the greatest opening rhythms riffs in rock history. Up there with Stay With Me by Ronnie Wood and the Faces.

awesome job! Please continue with the solo!

Right on Right on...My favorite Sabbath songs...

It is absolutely my favorite Black Sabbath riff, one of Tony's best for sure! And Tony is really attacking the harmonic with his pick, it almost sounds like a pinch harmonic at times during his studio performance, especially on the opening roll into the riff. And he repeats that through the entire song. That's the "extra something" most players miss. Add Dio's almost supernatural vocals to it and WOW! The song is of course a rant against organized religion, "say you don't love me you'll burn".

Fine, fine choice. I'm on it!

Top Notch. Very well done...musically and explaining the progression. The Mob RULES!!!!

Excellent job!

I discovered your channel only recently and now it's one of my favorites. I recently watched your video where you told the story of your guitar journey and I can really relate. I'm thinking we're close to the same age and had similar journeys, although it sounds like you had more club experience than I did. I too took a long break from guitar after my first son was born in 91. I picked it up again around 2007 when my son showed interest as well as when I heard DT and John Petrucci for the first time. Now I try to play every day although I still don't get as much play time as I'd like. Anyway, your content is great and I look forward to your videos. Rock on brother!

Loved the vid!!! Subscribed after one watch!! Absolutely GREAT riff by one of the masters of rhythm guitar. In the same vein, the riff from Seventh Star, IMO is another frequently overlooked and under-appreciated riff. Keep up the great content!!!

I agree, such an underrated riff! Thanks for the video, great channel! I'd love to see a video on the solo too :)

I’m pretty sure the entire main riff is played at the 5th fret position. I don’t think you end the riff at the A power chord at the second fret. If you listen closely, he’s ending the riff with the A Octive at the 7th fret.

Oh man... I long ago forgot how heavy this song is! 🤯🤘 Also, can we talk about how MUCH Geezer truly contributes to the best of Sabbath? Absolutely duo, these guys! And don't even get me started on Ozzy and Ward! But Dio made one hell of a contribution too! heaven and hell and mob rules are the best albums of their decade by a LOT haha

Great version of this on Live Evil. Very heavy! You’re the best!

Awesome I love that tune!

Killer tone. Thank you for all the great content

my favorite (dio era) song!

Ozzie prefers riffs for choruses and chords for verses. Dio preferred riffs for verses as well. Thank you so much for this, I’ve been wanting to get this right for years but something was always off. One note - at the very top of the song, there is a hammer on during the first chug, no? That’s the way I hear it. Maybe he only did it that first time.

Bring me your children, they'll burn ! One of my favorite albums. Thank you !

Hey Kelly , how you doing? I just finished your Machine gun and was looking for something different and Lo and Behold a Black Sabbath song I've never heard of and loved it, lol. To think I had a Mob Rules t- shirt but still missed it. Thanks 👍

Thanks man!

I’ve seen Iommi play this live numerous times and he never moves down below 5th fret! Ie he doesn’t slide down to 2nd fret

How about a Heart Like Wheel Tutorial. That's another cool Iommi tune

Isnt there a hammer on pull off in there somewhere? Or will YT block if you play like record 😅

Wearing the band-aid for that Tony Iommi look? :)

Algo no cuadra en el riff!! Pero muy bien tutorial

I just have to say it. Trying to body modify your own fingers up to sound like Tony Iommi is a bad idea kids. I know Tony Iommi (He doesn't know me) and it's taken him years to adapt to being malfingered (no offence). So let's try to be a little more careful not to injure ourselves opening those packages... If you catch my drift.

Simple and Tony Iommi should not be used in the same sentence. "Simply banging out power cords." Really now! Show some respect to the God Father of Metal.